The company required at least 85 percent of current bondholders to participate in the exchange, which is tied to the company’s planned merger with OneWeb, but some observers speculate existing bondholders may be holding out for a better deal. [Reuters / Intelsat]

India is starting the planning for the country’s first mission to Venus. The Indian space agency ISRO has issued an announcement of opportunity for a proposed Venus orbiter mission, seeking proposals for studies to carry out on the mission. An ISRO official cautioned that the orbiter mission still needs formal approval and may not launch before 2020. [The Hindu]

In an asteroid impact, worry about winds and shock waves, not the impact itself. A new study modeling the various effects created by an asteroid impact found that most deaths are created by the wind and shock waves from the impact, followed by the heat of a blast. Impacts that take place on land are about 10 times deadlier than those at sea, despite the latter’s ability to generate tsunamis. [Space.com]

SpaceX might be the next stop for a tunneling machine in Los Angeles. The machine, named Harriet, has been working for the last year on tunnels for a new section of the city’s light rail system. SpaceX founder Elon Musk has shown an interest in tunneling technology in recent months, and SpaceX submitted plans to city officials in Hawthorne earlier this month to build a pedestrian tunnel under a busy street linking the company’s headquarters with a parking garage. [Daily Breeze]